THis story is all wrong. Mary was actually killed hitchiking when her car had broken down on prom night. She is now seen usually late at night along archer ave, which runs along side the cemetary. THose who have picked given her a ride, all report that she mysteriously vanishes from their site while sitting in the car.

It is said that she was killed on her way back from the ball. You can see her walking along side the road. She will let you pick her up and either take her to the place where the ball was held or back to the cemetery were she is buried. Some have even reported being kissed by her and feeling her cold lips. The gates that surround the cemetery are said to have been bent from her hands. So if you have the chance to get up there by the cemetery stop and check to see if you can see her and if the gates are bent.. I know I will.

no no no this story is all wrong. she asks for a ride to the local gentlemens club and is half drunk already in your vehicle. she requests that you play a little van halen and she dances in your car and sometimes strips. she loves mens cologne. wear some she likes it.

Just to let all you people know. Not that long ago, me, my boyfriend and two others went to 79th and Archer road, and saw NOTHING!
We even went as close to the front gates, where it is said that “MARY” has bent the gates. All I know is that when I approached the gate, I placed my hands on the bar, there were infact markings on the bar. As if there were hand prints foarmed onto the bars. It was really creppy. And, while doing this, we left our headlights on to “see” something supernatural, which we didn’t. But all felt as if someone was watching us, comitt our acts. Werid!!!

the part of the gate that mary was to have left her hand prints on, had been removed years ago..

no no no no! my grandpa lives on archer road or whatever. and guess what? NOTHING.

This is a hoax its not true if you wanna go somwhere really scary then look up bachelor’s grove cemetary now there a fright,just bring a camera with you to take pictures i have pictures of ghosts and i also have audio of a little girl talking its some scary *** ****……….

If you want to know the true legend behind Resurrection Mary, please, read Troy Taylor’s book, Haunted Illinois. Great Read!!!

I didn’t see anything except deer when I went to the cemetery. I was pretty disapointed because I have heard about it all my life. There are plenty of other haunted places in the Chicago area though. I took Richard Crowes ghost tour, and I have also taken Troy Taylors tour. Both were great.

4wait wait wait this is wrong she went 2 the prom with her friends and her boyfriend was there with his friends his friends drugged her friends and he had 2 find her 2 drug her so he looked around 4 her and when he found her she saw her friends getting dragged into the car by his friends so she tried 2 run but he caught her she bite him on the hand he let go of her and she ran down the street screaming no one heard her he caught her again and killed her accidently by slamming her head down on a rock so she died of loseing 2 much blood so he ran 2 the car and jumped in and drove 2 one of there houses and raped the girls while asleep and drugged now when u see her the side of the road u pick her up and drive her 2 the cemetary go to her grave and touch it and she will reach out and grab u and pull u in and u will be her long lost prom date HAVE FUN!!!!!!

You are all wrong.I used to live there and would play in the cemetary as a kid. All I know is that we all got chills when we looked at the gate. we never actually went in the cemetary we just played around there but still nothing ever happened.

this story could be real but wat most og these people hav written i think it could be!

this story could be real but wat most of these people have written i think it could be. + wat if it is no one is for shure. i would take a camea and pt it in the cemetary for a night and see wat happens.

I’v lived about a mile away from the cemetary my entire life and have passed it on many occassions. Never have I seen a girl in a ball gown hitching a ride. In fact, I work directly across the street from Resurection Cemetary. Many of my family members are burried there. But since everyone has so many different takes on the legend, let me tell you what I’ve heard throughout my entire life.

One night, a young woman was attending a dance at the Willowbrook Ballroom in Willow Springs. I never really heard why she was hitchhiking. I never heard that her car broke down or anything. All I know is that as she attempted to get a ride there, she was struck by a drunk driver and never made it to the dance. So now her ghostly form has been seen trying to hitch a ride by numerous residents of Justice and Willow Springs. Sometimes, it is said that she’s picked up at the Willowbrook asking for a ride home, but disappears as you pass the cemetary. I’ve never seen her nor has anyone I’ve met, but that doesn’t mean this story is untrue.

Now as for the bars, I don’t recall the story being that Mary bent them, but rather someone else who was supposedly trapped in the cemetary. Now that I have seen. The bars are right on the main entrance gate. They have replaced the bars on several occassions, but those two bars somehow become bent again. Now, it could just be a couple of pranksters or people who want to keep the legend alive, but it is pretty creepy when you see it.

Oh, and the Mossalium (SP?) there is really creepy too. I went to use the bathroom there once and I heard humming and footsteps behind me in the hallway the whole time.

I agree with Josh from 1/4/06. Troy Taylor’s book is amazing!

Guuuuuuuuurl that is some fraky nasty stuff in the hizzouse!!! U gotta b cray to even think bout trottin near that spooky place!!! G-Dog in the hizzy is outty!!! HOLLA BACK GIRLFRIENDS!!!

Why do people have to try to ruin things? Get your facts streight before posting, and if your here to post to joke around don’t bother! You can find the information on the this story anywhere on the net. I did find somewhere a couple of times that on 2 different occasions 2 different officers on duty have seen her. I was there a few years ago and didn’t see her, this does not meen I’m dismissing the story. I went to look at the bars on/by the gates and found out they had been replaced a few years before I was there and the imprints of her hands have NOT returned. Before they replaced the bars they tried several times over to paint over the prints and they would keep reapearing. Really you should read Troy’s book, or even books by Ursala Beilski (spelling?).

no one time she come in my car and didnt want to say nothing so i just went with it then out of the blue she’s gone………..
nothing there more to be seen of her….

The bars on the gate used to rust into a hand print. They would be painted and treated but returned. They were finally removed and put somewhere in like the a bishops house for safe keeping. What I was told anyway. She actually walks down Old Archer road ( where I live )and rounds the curb to Archer road where the cemetery is. If you kept going you would be on Archer Ave. Confusing but true. WillowBrook Ballroom is on Old Archer Road also. There is a bar across the street called Chets Melody of love and is reported to be haunted also. If you sit on a certain bar stool it is said that you will get pregnant. On the other side of Resurrection Cemetery the gate are always being bent for no reason ( EX.CAR ACCIDENT ) They saqy it is the devil himself trying to get out or back in It surely is a strange place to live around but after 25 years you get used to the buses and cars and pranks around Halloween. No one has spotted her for a long time Maybe this year shell come around. I always watch out the window as I live off Old Archer between the ballroom and the cemetery. but alas no Mary

Just to add another tourist thingy. The stained glass window that are on the maouselem (?) is the longest stained glass window in the world. according to the Guiness book of world records. At night it is lit up and it it is amazing to see.